North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, mate – Rusty here. Gotta keep it real with you. Let me walk you through what's on offer for Hikkaduwa, but I’ll be honest, it’s a tough stretch ahead.

The overall pattern for the next 16 days is a long, dry run of onshore and cross-onshore winds, mostly moderate breezes from the west and west-northwest. The swell doesn’t look properly aligned, never quite locking into the optimum southwest direction the point needs. There are no standout options at all here. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out gap without any real surf recommendations.

Things start off shoddy on Monday, July 6th. Morning sees a weak 2 ft south-west swell, long period at 16 seconds, but with a 12 mph cross-onshore wind from the WNW, the surface is choppy. The combined energy is only moderate at 602. The water sits at a noticeably warm 84°, about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. By the afternoon, the swell bumps up to 6 ft from the west, but the period drops to 10 seconds and the wind stays cross-onshore, making it messy. The afternoon on Monday is the only time the combined swell energy gets into the strong range at 1237, but the surf quality and wind kill it. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday – it just keeps repeating the same story: lumpy, onshore, and poor surf.

There are a few “marginal” moments, like Wednesday afternoon the 8th (6 ft, moderate energy at 1613) and Friday afternoon the 10th (7 ft, 11 seconds, strong energy at 2419), but with a steady 12 mph cross-onshore breeze, it’s not worth paddling out for. The west-northwest wind just won’t let up. Through the second week, from July 13th onward, it really fades. The swell drops under 3 ft often, the period gets long (19 to 21 seconds) which only works best on a point like North Jetty, but the wind remains onshore or cross-onshore from the west. All the ratings are poor, and the combined energy stays moderate. By July 18th, there’s a late afternoon spike to 4 ft from the southwest with period 15 seconds and energy at 1298, but it’s still just marginal at best. The 19th shows 5 ft from the south-southwest, period 16 seconds, but again, poor conditions.

Honestly, for the entire 16-day window, there are no proper standouts. The wind direction is fundamentally wrong for this break. If you’re desperate and the wind shifts, the 7 ft on Friday the 10th afternoon has the most energy (2419), but with that cross-onshore breeze, it would be more of a challenge session than a fun one. For a point break that needs clean lines, this forecast is a dud. The first real chance you’d want to look at would be very late, around the 18th or 19th, but even that is a long shot with the wind.

No good options here for the next 16 days. For this area, when the wind locks in from the west like this, a blank run can happen. It won’t stay poor forever, but today isn’t the day.

Rusty.

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